Train passengers are being urged not to travel to London Euston on Easter Sunday with all services to the station cancelled.

Rail users are warned to brace themselves for major disruption if travelling to the capital during the bank holiday weekend.

Essential engineering work is being carried out at Wembley, ahead of a large-scale replacement of the old, worn out junction later in the year, meaning no trains can run in or out of London Euston station.

It means anyone travelling from Holyhead to London Euston will have to make four changes instead of one or two – almost doubling journey times.

A typical journey between the two station normally takes around four hours but anyone travelling on Sunday faces a trip of up to seven hours and 15 minutes.

Euston’s Easter Sunday shutdown will affect rail services throughout the West Coast main line, including Chester, Birmingham, Coventry, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and Scotland.

Make sure you keep up-to-date with the festive timetable for Virgin Trains.

Services on the Saturday (March 31) and Monday (April 2) will also be busier as fewer trains than normal will be running.

Anyone travelling directly to Holyhead or Liverpool Lime Street should travel via East Midlands Trains between London St Pancras International and Kettering and then buses will run between Kettering and Rugby to connect with train services.

Passengers travelling to and from London Bridge, Waterloo and London Paddington should also expect cancellations, diversions and replacement bus services.

But underground services will still be running.

Network Rail said alternative options would be in place including rail replacement buses and ticket acceptance on other trains - but advised people to avoid travelling on the railway on Easter Sunday if possible.